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18 Jan 04 - 07:23 AM (#1095402) Subject: Lyr Req: Song - You can come and see the baby From: GUEST,Ann A song recently came into my head - for no apparent reason - that my father and mother used to sing to us as children. I can only remember one verse - or maybe it's the chorus - but there was certainly an introduction. This is what I remember - can anyone help with the rest? Thanks in advance You can come and see the baby any day you care to call He's lying by his ammmy in a wee white shawl He looked so cute and swanky Like a dumpling in a hankie And we're going to call him William Angus Jamieson Jock McCall |
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18 Jan 04 - 07:44 AM (#1095410) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song - You can come and see the baby From: masato sakurai "We've Got a Baby in The Hoose" has been posted at this thread: Scottish musichall songs. |
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18 Jan 04 - 08:18 AM (#1095427) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song - You can come and see the baby From: GUEST,Ann Thanks very much |
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18 Jan 04 - 05:38 PM (#1095755) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song - You can come and see the baby From: Compton Being extremely old, I recall it being a big "hit" for Jimmy Logan ...used to be played on Two Way Family Favoutites and Childrens Choice!! |
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21 Jan 04 - 12:53 AM (#1097597) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Song - You can come and see the baby From: Jim Dixon Andy Stewart (not to be confused with Andy M. Stewart) sings WE'VE GOT A BABY IN THE HOUSE on several albums "The Best of Andy Stewart," (1996); "Forever in Song"; "My Scotland" (1991); "Donald, Where's Yer Troosers? And Many More." (I haven't compared all the track lists diligently but some of these look suspiciously like the same album reissued under a different title.) |
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03 Nov 09 - 10:13 PM (#2759096) Subject: Lyr Add: YOU.../ YE CAN COME AND SEE THE BABY From: Jim Dixon According to the British Library Sound Archive Catalog, YE CAN COME AND SEE THE BABY was recorded by Will Fyffe in 1927. His recording can be found on an album called "I Belong to Glasgow" (Hallmark, 2008). Found at Glesga Songs: YOU CAN COME AND SEE THE BABY (As sung by Andy Stewart) Oh, you can come and see the baby if ye care to call. He's lyin' wi' his mammy in a wee white shawl. He looks so neat and slanky like a dumpling in a hankie, And were gonna call him William Angus Jamieson Jock McCall. Oh dimara doo a doo a day dimara doo mah daddy-o. We've got a baby in the hoose, and I am his daddy-o. Well, the wife and I were very, very lonesome for a while, Sitting in the kitchen by ourselves. Then one night over tea, the wife she told tae me A secret that I couldnae keep tae myself; So at three o'clock this morning, I wis running doon the street. Oh, the neighbours must have thought there was a fire. A policeman started laughin', when I came back again, For by my side was Doctor McIntyre. |
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11 Mar 11 - 08:21 AM (#3111652) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Can Come and See the Baby From: GUEST,Mary C. This song was very well known and sung in my Scottish family. This is what I remember of it. Oh the wife and I felt very very lonely for a while Sitting in the kitchen by ourselves Then one day after tea the wife she told to me a secret that I couldnay keep myself. So since two o'clock this morning I've been running round the street The neighbours must have thought there was a fire The policeman was laughing as I went running by for at my side was Dr. McIntyre. You can come and see the baby any day you care to call He's lying by his mammy in a wee white shawl He looks so neat and swanky like a dumplin in a hanky and we're going to call him William Angus Jimmieson Jock McCall. Dimmeradoo my daddy-o dimmerado my daddy-a We've got a baby in the hoose and I am the Daddy-O |
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11 Mar 11 - 10:09 AM (#3111725) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Can Come and See the Baby From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks for resurrecting this charming song. |
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22 Aug 11 - 03:25 PM (#3211030) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: You Can Come and See the Baby From: GUEST my parents ended with a verse something like puir wee thing im sure ye maun be cauld |
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09 Oct 11 - 01:49 AM (#3236060) Subject: Lyr Add: YE CAN COME AND SEE THE BABY (Will Fyffe) From: Jim Dixon My transcription from a recording on Spotify:
YE CAN COME AND SEE THE BABY |
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09 Oct 11 - 04:05 AM (#3236078) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ye Can Come and See the Baby (Will Fyffe) From: John MacKenzie SWANKY ! "swank·y/ˈswaNGkē/ Adjective: 1 Stylishly luxurious and expensive. 2 Using one's wealth, knowledge, or achievements to try to impress others." |
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09 Oct 11 - 05:33 AM (#3236092) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ye Can Come and See the Baby (Will Fyffe) From: MGM·Lion i I note it has a chorus very similar to that of The Day We Went Tae Rothesay-o, [googling it on Amazon records] to the same tune; but the verse has a different rhythm and tune. Is the tune of the verse similarly based on a traditional tune, or was it composed for the song {which was written by whom?}? ii Should not Will Fyffe, as well as Harry Lauder, be added to the significant names on the ongoing Gracie Fields?/Music Hall thread? ~Michael~ |
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09 Oct 11 - 06:51 AM (#3236121) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ye Can Come and See the Baby (Will Fyffe) From: MGM·Lion ... apologies to Jim Dixon, who has indeed already included him on his music-hall thread list. |
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04 Nov 14 - 04:47 AM (#3674439) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ye Can Come and See the Baby (Will Fyffe) From: GUEST,Roddy Hill Thanks to all for finding the lyrics - I have an old '78 in the attic of the song with 'Sailing up the Clyde' on the reverse. Played the record endlessly as a lad in the early 50's on an old wind-up Gramophone. I often wander round the house singing the chorus, but now can let my curious grandchildren hear the lot! Their cultural education will be complete. |
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30 Dec 15 - 04:14 PM (#3761795) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ye Can Come and See the Baby (Will Fyffe) From: GUEST I am the baby that was crying in the background. My dad recorded the record! |